![]() The story also said she became a fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1966 it was in 1980. 10 LATExtra section, the obituary of Norma Merrick Sklarek said that she was the first African American woman to be licensed as an architect. She was the first black woman to earn a license in California, in 1962, and the first to be elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the highest designation bestowed by the professional group, in 1966. Sklarek broke barriers from the beginning of her career when she passed the New York state exam in 1954 to become the first African American woman to earn an architect’s license. ![]() The cause was heart failure, said her son, David Merrick Fairweather. Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first African American woman in the country to become a licensed architect, who helped produce Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport and the American Embassy in Tokyo, died Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades.
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